Answer to Question #69679 in General Chemistry for frankee

Question

You were stranded on a desert island. there is a stream with fresh water but it is a very muddy. you look around and manage to find the ff: some old newspaper,a saucepan,a kettle,several plastic tumblers,a knife,an empty 500 ml mineral bottle and short piece of copper pipe. how you would obtain clear water from the muddy fresh water?

Answer 1

Answer:
In order to remove suspended particles from the water I would have used surface filtration method: filter mudy water through old newspaper into the empty 500 ml mineral bottle.